European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has made the remarks in an interview with Politico before the European Union-China summit on Friday. “Now that there are signs that the US wants to untie itself from international connections, the relationship with China is becoming more and more important,” Juncker said.

“I am not very happy with the idea that we might now work even more closely with China than we are able to do with the Americans,” he said just hours before Trump announced his decision to pull the US out of the 2015 Paris accord on climate change. Juncker described recent statements of the American president as “partly worrying.”

Trumps approach ridiculous

The European Commission president also slammed Trump’s approach to relations with Europe as ridiculous. The fact that Trump welcomes Brexit and urges other states to follow suit shows that he has “an uncanny approach” towards relations with the EU, he said, adding that this situation “requires intensive negotiations.”

Trump raised many eyebrows on Thursday when he decided to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change, causing an outcry from Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, who signed the landmark deal.

Meanwhile, China and the European Union pledged unity in fighting global warming on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump announced US withdrawal from the Paris climate pact, but they showed lingering divisions on international trade.

EU, China to implement Paris Climate Agreement

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and top EU officials agreed a joint statement, backed by all 28 EU states, committing the EU and China to full implementation of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

Both China and the EU are sending the world a clear signal that there can be “no backsliding” on the Paris climate pact, Juncker said Friday as he opened trade and climate talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Brussels.

“Our joint leadership provides business, investors and researchers both in Europe and China and throughout the world the certainty they need to build a global low carbon economy,” Juncker said.

“And it makes a statement to the world: there is no reverse gear to the energy transition, there is no backsliding on the Paris agreement,” Juncker said.

China has emerged as Europe’s unlikely partner in areas from free trade to security, and the talks in Brussels were also due to address North Korea’s missile tests and global steel overcapacity.

China and the EU, two important players on the world stage, enjoy a comprehensive strategic partnership. The EU is China’s largest trading partner while China is the EU’s second largest trading partner.

Before meeting with other European Union leaders, Chinese premier was in Germany where he met Chancellor Angela Merkel during his stay in Berlin.

The visit is seen as a great opportunity for China and Germany as well as the EU to further strengthen their ties, since the US and the EU have recently become more alienated from each other after a string of erratic decisions by Trump.

China is not the only big economic power moving to strengthen their relationships with EU leaders in the wake of Trump’s disastrous visit to Europe. India is also seeking to fill the gap being left by the US in Europe. India Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Germany on Wednesday where he discussed trade deals with Merkel, stating at a joint press conference, “We are made for each other.”

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